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Rap

Definition: Rap

Rap

Noun

1. A reproach for some lapse or misdeed; "he took the blame for it"; "it was a bum rap".

2. A gentle blow.

3. The sound made by a gentle blow.

4. (informal) voluble conversation.

5. Genre of African-American music of the 1980s and 1990s in which rhyming lyrics are chanted to a musical accompaniment; several forms of rap have emerged.

6. The act of hitting vigorously; "he gave the table a whack".

Verb

1. Strike sharply; "rap him on the knuckles".

2. Make light, repeated taps on a surface; "he was tapping his fingers on the table impatiently".

3. Perform rap music.

4. Talk volubly.

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Date "rap" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1509. (references)

 

Specialty Definition: Rap

DomainDefinition

Literature

Rap Not worth a rap. The rap was a base halfpenny, intrinsically worth about half a farthing, issued for the nonce in Ireland in 1721, because small coin was so very scarce. There was also a coin in Switzerland called a rappe, worth the seventh of a penny.
"Many counterfeits passed about under the name of raps."- Swift: Drapier's Letters. Source: Brewer's Dictionary.

Mining

A. To warn workers in an adjoining working place of a blast, when the working places are separated by only a small pillar, by knocking on the pillar with a tool or bar. b. To test the roof by tapping it with a stick or bar.c. To signal by knocking on a steam, water, or air pipe. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Specialty Definition: Rapping

(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)

Rapping is one of the elements of hip hop; it is a form of rhyming lyrics spoken rhythmically over musical instruments, with a musical backdrop of sampling, scratching and mixing by DJs. Early rap music did not contain any sampling, probably due to the fact that at the time (1979-1985) the equipment was not available.

Rapping began as a variation on the toasting found in reggae and dub music, mixed with influences from radio DJs and playing the dozens. Also of influence were the works of The Last Poets and Gil Scott Heron. The original rappers, or MCs (from "Master of Ceremonies") would improvise rhymes over the beats created by the DJs. Early raps were frequently merely a sequence of boasts, or attempts to upstage the other MCs. See roots of rap music for earlier forms that also contributed to rap.

In the 1980s, rap became increasingly politicised, through the works of Public Enemy and others, and tended to chronicle the black urban experience. Gangsta rap may be seen in this context of subversion.

The first rap record was King Tim III by the Fatback Band (featuring the rapper King Tim III). The Sugarhill Gang followed the same year with Rappers Delight, that became a major hit and is based on Chic's disco track "Good Times".

Rapping can be seen as one of the four elements of hip hop: MCing (rapping), DJing (mixing, cutting and scratching), graffiti, and breakdancing. However, in the course of rap's history, new musical styles developed that use rapping but cannot be called rap music or hip hop - especially rapcore, also known as rap/rock or rap/metal. Some alternative rap has musically very little to do with hip hop and rap music.

Subcategories

Old school rap
Rap metal
New school rap
Second wave rap
Gangsta rap
South side rap
Bass rap
Alternative rap
Freestyle rap
Southern rap
Crunk-style rap

See also: List of rappers

Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Rapping."

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Roots of rap music

(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)

The first rap record is generally acknowledged to have been "King Tim III" by the Fatback Band in 1979, but there were many predecessors and early indicators of the possibilities of chanting rhymes over a musical background. Pure hip hop emerged from 1970s block parties in New York City. The block parties were closely related to sound systems in Jamaica, which were large parties, originally outdoors, thrown by owners of loud and expensive stereo equipment which they could share with the community. Rap emerged from block parties after DJs isolated percussion breaks and began speaking over the beats; in Jamaica, a similar vocal style called dub developed from the same isolated and elongated percussion breaks.

Earlier styles that contributed to rap

One bright day in the middle of the night,
Two dead boys got up to fight.
Back to back they faced each other,
drew their swords and shot each other.

Individual performances that prefigured rap

While rap as a musical genre started in the 80s, there have been many black and white performers who succeeded with rap-style performances in early jazz, blues, pop, and country performances.

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Abbreviations & Acronyms: Rap

The following table is compiled from various sources, across various languages. When English abbreviations or acronyms come from a non-English source, this is noted.
EntrySourceExpressionField

RAP

EnglishRecurring advance paymentBusiness

RAP

FrenchRhinite allergiqueMedicine

RAP

GermanRechner-Anpassungs-ProzessorComputing

RAP

Greekσυγκεντρωτής προσβάσεωνElectrical Engineering, Post & Telecom

RAP

ItalianStazione federale di ricerche per la produzione animale di PosieuxPublic Administration, Food & Agriculture

RAP

LatinRM:Institut federal da perscrutaziun per animals da niz a PosieuxPublic Administration, Food & Agriculture

Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Synonyms: Rap

Synonyms: belt (n), blame (n), pat (n), rap music (n), strike (n), whack (n), whang (n), knap (v), knock (v), pink (v), tap (v). (additional references)

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Synonyms within Context: Rap

ContextSynonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).

Affirmation

Swear by; (believe); insist upon, take one's stand upon; emphasize, lay stress on; assert roundly, assert positively; lay down, lay down the law; raise one's voice, dogmatize, have the last word; rap out; repeat; reassert, reaffirm.

Disapprobation

Take down, take down a peg, set down; snub, snap one up, give a rap on the knuckles; throw a stone at, throw a stone in one's garden; have a fling, have a snap at; have words with, pluck a crow with; give one a wipe, give one a lick with the rough side of the tongue.

Reprehension, remonstrance, expostulation, reproof, reprobation, admonition, increpation, reproach; rebuke, reprimand, castigation, jobation, lecture, curtain lecture, blow up, wigging, dressing, rating, scolding, trimming; correction, set down, rap on the knuckles, coup de bec, rebuff; slap, slap on the face; home thrust, hit; frown, scowl, black look.

Impulse

Strike, knock, hit, tap, rap, slap, flap, dab, pat, thump, beat, blow, bang, slam, dash; punch, thwack, whack; hit hard, strike hard; swap, batter, dowse, baste; pelt, patter, buffet, belabor; fetch one a blow; poke at, pink, lunge, yerk; kick, calcitrate; butt, strike at; (attack); whip c. (punish).

Blow, dint, stroke, knock, tap, rap, slap, smack, pat, dab; fillip; slam, bang; hit, whack, thwack; cuff; squash, dowse, swap, whap, punch, thump, pelt, kick, punce, calcitration; ruade; arietation; cut, thrust, lunge, yerk; carom, carrom, clip, jab, plug, sidewinder, sidewipe, sideswipe.

Insolence

Verb: be insolent; Adjective: bluster, vapor, swagger, swell, give oneself airs, snap one's fingers, kick up a dust; swear; (affirm); rap out oaths; roister. arrogate; assume, presume; make bold, make free; take a liberty, give an inch and take an ell.

Malediction

Curse and swear; swear, swear like a trooper; fall a cursing, rap out an oath, damn.

Money

Petty cash, pocket money, change, small change, small coin, doit, stiver, rap, mite, sou, penny, shilling, tester, groat, guinea; rouleau; wampum; good sum, round sum, lump sum; power of money, plum, lac of rupees.

Poverty

Adjective: poor, indigent; poverty-stricken; badly off, poorly off, ill off; poor as a rat, poor as a church mouse, poor as a Job; fortuneless, dowerless, moneyless, penniless; unportioned, unmoneyed; impecunious; out of money, out of cash, short of money, short of cash; without a rap, not worth a rap;(money); qui n'a pas le sou, out of pocket, hard up; out at elbows, out at heels; seedy, bare-footed; beggarly, beggared; fleeced, stripped; bereft, bereaved; reduced; homeless.

Punishment

Lash, scaffold; (instrument of punishment); imprisonment; (restraint); transportation, banishment, expulsion, exile, involuntary exile, ostracism; penal servitude, hard labor; galleys; beating;Verb: flagellation, fustigation, gantlet, strappado, estrapade, bastinado, argumentum baculinum, stick law, rap on the knuckles, box on the ear; blow; (impulse); stripe, cuff, kick, buffet, pummel; slap, slap in the face; wipe, douse; coup de grace; torture, rack; picket, picketing; dragonnade.

Resentment

Buffet, slap in the face, box on the ear, rap on the knuckles.

Speech

Verb: speak of; say, utter, pronounce, deliver, give utterance to; utter forth, pour forth; breathe, let fall, come out with; rap out, blurt out have on one's lips; have at the end of one's tongue, have at the tip of one's tongue.

Unimportance

Straw, pin, fig, button, rush; bulrush, feather, halfpenny, brass farthing, doit, peppercorn, jot, rap, pinch of snuff, old son; cent, mill, picayune, pistareen, red cent.

Voice

Verb: utter, breathe; give utterance, give tongue; cry; (shout); ejaculate, rap out; vocalize, prolate, articulate, enunciate, pronounce, accentuate, aspirate, deliver, mouth; whisper in the ear.

Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

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Crosswords: Rap

English words defined with "rap": break dance, break dancingknockrap group, rap music, Rapped, Rapping, RenneTo rip out. (references)
Specialty definitions using "rap": rap1 GTP-Binding Proteins, rapping pin, rapping roller, rapping spike. (references)
Etymologies containing "rap": Rapper. (references)
Non-English Usage: "Rap" is also a word in the following languages with English translations in parentheses.

Dutch (adroit, agile, alert, brisk, keen), French (rap, rapping), German (rap), Italian (rap), Latin (Swiss Federal Research Station for Animal Production of Posieux), Manx (cheat, counterfeit coin, jot, rogue), Norwegian (belch), Spanish (rap).

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Modern Usage: Rap

DomainUsage

Screenplays

He was dead just long enough for the murder rap to blow over (The Usual Suspects; writing credit: Christopher McQuarrie.)

You know Salt, fear gets a bad rap. I don't want anybody in my outfit that doesn't get scared (Outbreak; writing credit: Laurence Dworet; Robert Roy Pool)

Play some rap music (The Last Boy Scout; writing credit: Shane Black.)

Rap, metal, rap, metal, and Whitney Houston (Empire Records; writing credit: Carol Heikkinen)

You would believe Will if he told you that he were some big rap star, whose album just went platinum (The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air; writing credit: Hisao Ohkawa; Kaoru Umeno)

Lyrics

I been in the game for ten years makin' rap tunes (California Love; performing artist: 2 PAC)

I guess I'll rap on your door (Until You Come Back To Me; performing artist: Aretha Franklin)

It's a death trap, it's a suicide rap ("Born to Run"; performing artist: Bruce Springsteen)

With a producer who can rap and control the maestro (Nuthin But A "G" Thang; performing artist: Dr. Dre)

Talkin' black, brainwashed from rock and rap (Sing For The Moment; performing artist: EMINEM)

Movie/TV Titles

God Has a Rap Sheet (2003)

O Rap do Pequeno Príncipe Contra as Almas Sebosas (2000)

A Rap at the Door (1999)

Rap (1997)

Lada rap (1992)

Song Titles

PsychoRelic Rap (performing artist: Timothy Leary)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Commercial Usage: Rap

DomainTitle

Books

  • Fight the Power: Rap, Race, and Reality (reference)

  • Got Your Back: Protecting Tupac in the World of Gangsta Rap (reference)

  • Rap a Tap Tap: Here's Bojangles-Think of That (reference)

    (more book examples)

  

Periodicals

  

Theater & Movies

  

Music

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Image Slideshow: Rap

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Photo Album: Rap

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A view of the rip rap on the beach. Credit: NOAA Restoration Center.

Army Creek Pond a freshwater pond about 1 mile upstream from the tide gate/water control structure. A rip rap dam creates the lake, the Army Creek Landfill is on the right through the trees. Credit: NOAA Restoration Center.

Removal of trash at Ft. McHenry, this site is a created wetland, the rip rap around the border was placed to stabilize the area. Credit: NOAA Restoration Center.

Penny Dalton, former Assistant Administrator for NOAA Fisheries, cleans trash and debris from the rip rap around the perimeter of the wetlands at Ft McHenry. Credit: NOAA Restoration Center.

NOAA volunteers clean and remove trash from the rip rap. Credit: NOAA Restoration Center.

Plug site 7 looking northwest along the existing oil access canal. A shell and rip rap plug was constructed across a section of the existing canal which measured approximately 157 feet wide by 10 feet deep. Credit: NOAA Restoration Center.

Rip rap helps stabilize the banks of a stream in a water quality project in northeast Iowa. Credit: Tim McCabe.

Rip rap installed on a streambank in Cass County to protect the bridge. Credit: Lynn Betts.

Innocent bystander takes the rap. Credit: Library of Congress.

  

Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits.

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Digital Photo Gallery: Rap
 

"Basement" by Igor Hobotov
Commentary: "Just a picture from the basement were i make all my rap songs..."

Source: photographs selected by the editor, with permission from the photographers.

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Sounds Captioned with "Rap".

PlayCaptionPlayCaption
Converse; background noise; gathering; party; cocktail; chat; chitchat; commune; confer; discourse; exchange; gab; parley; rap; schmoose; speak; yack; talk.Impatient; knock; door; rap; rapping; knocking.
Drum; beat; rap; thunder.Punch; punching bag; violence; violent; fighting; fight; hit; hitting; bash; belt; biff; blow; bop; box; buffet; clip; clout; cuff; dig; jab; jog; knock; lollop; nudge; one-two; plug; plunk; poke; prod; pummel; rap; shot; slam; slap; slug; slug; smack; sm.
Bonk; bang; bat; bell ringer; belt; biff; blow; buffet; bump; butt; chop; clash; clip; clout; collision; cuff; fisticuff; glance; haymaker; impact; knock; leather; lick; one-two; one-two punch; paste; pat; plunk; punch; rap; rap; roundhouse; shock; shot; .
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Familiar Quotations: Rap

AuthorQuotation

H. Rap Brown

Violence is as American as cherry pie.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Use in Literature: Rap

TitleAuthorQuote

Les Miserables

Hugo, Victor

There was a second rap, very gentle like the first

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Non-Fiction Usage: Rap

SubjectTopicQuote

Economic History

Denmark

American culture--and particularly popular culture, from jazz, rock, and rap to television shows and literature--is very popular in Denmark. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

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Spoken Usage: Rap

SpeakerPhrase(s)

Jon Stewart

The rock guys, the morning zoo. The rock, that sort of thing. The rap, it all rhymes. It's just a difference of the beat.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Usage Frequency: Rap

"Rap" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 85.19% of the time. "Rap" is used about 297 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)
Parts of SpeechPercentUsage per
100 Million Words
Rank in English
Noun (singular)85.19%25318,652
Lexical Verb (infinitive)6.73%2078,262
Lexical Verb (base form)6.4%1980,337
Noun (common)1.01%3202,518
Unclassified Items0.34%1339,140
Noun (proper)0.34%1339,140
                    Total100.00%297N/A

Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Expressions: Rap

Expressions using "rap": beat the rap don't care a rap give a rap on the knuckles he doesn't care a rap i don't care a rap it is not worth a rap not to care a rap not worth a rap rap artist rap group rap GTP-Binding Proteins rap music rap on the knuckles rap out rap out an oath rap session rap sheet rap smb. over the knuckles take the rap to beat the rap to rap To rap and ren To rap and rend To rap out. Additional references.

Hyphenated Usage

Beginning with "rap": rap-fusion, rap-like, rap-stations, rap-styled, rap-tap, rap-tastic, rap-type, rap-vocalist, rap-weary.

Ending with "rap": anti-rap, jazz-rap, map-rap, ragga-rap, rip-rap, street-rap.

Containing "rap": soul-rap-house.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Rap

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.
 
ExpressionFrequency
per Day
ExpressionFrequency
per Day

rap lyrics

7,335

dictionary rap

243

rap

5,631

b lyrics r rap

229

rap music

4,403

rap star war

229

rap artist

547

christian rap

228

freestyle rap

537

new rap song

224

top rap song

482

underground rap

215

rap song

473

top 100 rap song

210

rap video

469

rap music video

201

gangsta rap star war

417

rap album

199

rap beat

392

lyrics to rap song

194

battle rap

345

rap city

193

chicano rap

317

battle freestyle rap

189

hip hop rap lyrics

314

rap midi

176

rap poster

299

new rap music

172

rap hip hop

292

best rap song

171

chart rap

291

rap history

168

rap wallpaper

279

free rap beat

158

rap news

277

gangsta rap

156

old school rap

276

rap and hip hop music

150

rap instrumental

257

10 rap song top

150
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translation: Rap

Language Translations for "rap"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Albanian

  

trokas (clink, dab, drum, knock, percuss, tap), tokitje, them prerazi, shaj (abuse, ballyrag, berate, bullyrag, call names, carpet, castigate, chastise, chide, come down on, curse, dish it out, dress down, flay, inveigh, jaw, lay into, objurgate, offend, rag, revile, scold, shake up, shout, shout at, swear, tell off, trounce, upbraid, vituperate), qortoj (admonish, berate, call down, carpet, castigate, chide, come down on, correct, damn, decry, discommend, dish it out, knock, lecture, light into, Peck, pull up, rebuke, reprehend, reproach, reprove, scold, take to task, tell off, trim, twit, upbraid), përgjigj brutalisht, kërcitje (clack, clash, click, clicking, crack, crackle, crackling, crash, creak, crepitation, crunch, Gride, grinding, groan, pop, pound, rattle, scratch, screech, snap, splutter, squeak), goditje e lehtë (flick, flip, jog), godit lehtë (flick), fajësoj (accuse, blame, convict, impute the fault to another, incriminate, inculpate), fajësim (blame, imputation, incrimination), dënoj (be exiled, castigate, censure, condemn, criminate, damn, declaim, delate, denounce, deprecate, discipline, doom, penalize, proscribe, punish, reprehend, sentence, trounce), dënim (adjudication, castigation, censure, condemnation, conviction, damnation, denouncement, denunciation, deprecation, disapprobation, disapproval, discipline, dispraise, doom, judgement, judgment, mulct, penalty, proscription, punishment, recompense, sentence, strafe, what for). (various references)

   

Arabic 

  

‏قرع (bang, banging, beat, beating, chide, drum, hitting, knock, knocking, rapping, ring, sound, striking, tap, toll), ‏ثرثر (babble, blab, blabber, bluster, chatter, clack, clatter, crack, gabble, gas, gibber, give oneself airs, gossip, jabber, jangle, jaw, natter, palaver, patter, prate, prattle, quack, rumble, shoot one's mouth off, smatter, talk, tattle, twaddle, twitter, yap), ‏إدانة (ban, condemnation, conviction, sentence), ‏إعتقل شخصا, ‏إنتقد بقسوة (castigate, decry, flay, flog, lapidate, pull to pieces, scarify, scourge, slam, slash, squib), ‏ضرب بشدة (punch), ‏طرق (bang, beating, enter, knock, knock repeatedly, knocking, percuss, percussion, pounding, puncture, tool), ‏طقطقة (clack, click, crackle, crackling, patter, pinking, plink, slap, sputter), ‏عاقب (administer, blister, castigate, chasten, chastise, correct, discipline, mete, paddle, penalize, punish, recompense, strafe, suffer, trounce), ‏سجل (book, calender, cut, enroll, enter, history, list, log, mark, mark down, note, put down, record, register, registry, score, send in, set down, sign on, take notes, tally, transcribe, write down), ‏ربت (clap, dab, fondle, gentle, knock, pat, slap), ‏توبيخ (admonition, censure, correction, dressing down, lesson, objurgation, rating, rebuke, reprehension, reprimand, reproach, reproof, scolding, talking to, telling off, upbraiding, wig), ‏فنان الراب (rapper), ‏قرع بدقة, ‏نجا (come through, escape, lick into shape, ride out, shave), ‏نطق بشىء فجأة, ‏نزح الماء, ‏نقد قاس (overcritical), ‏نقاش (chaser, chasing, explanation, talking), ‏مغني الراب, ‏موسيقى الراب (rapping), ‏كف اليد (pave), ‏ترك (break, cast aside, discontinue, ditch, drop, drop it, drop out, lay aside, leave, leave about, let go, neglect, peg, quit, resign, resignation, sign away, strand, suffer, unhand). (various references)

   

Bulgarian 

  

мъмря (call down, caution, correct, lecture, lesson, objurgate, rebuke, reprimand, school, scold), плесвам (dab, slap, spank), потропвам (knock), потупвам (clap, dab, spank, tip), почуквам (knock), почуквам леко, почукване (knock, knocking, tap, tapping), похлопвам (knock), похлопване (tap), пипвам (catch, cop, feel, grab, nab, nail, nip, pinch, pull, snag, touch), арестувам (apprehend, arrest, attach, bring in, bust, impound, nab, nail, nip, pick up, pinch, pull, restrain, round up, run in, secure, seize, take in, take up), съобщавам чрез чукане, наказание (amercement, award, castigation, discipline, gruel, infliction, judgement, judgment, pain, pay, payment, penalty, plague, punishment, requital, retribution), нещо без стойност (lemon), осъждам (adjudge, be naughty, blame, condemn, convict, damn, denounce, deplore, doom, reprehend, sentence), вина (blame, criminality, delinquency, fault, guilt), кастря (carpet, crop, knife, lop, pare, pare off, prune, trash), рап, разговор (colloquy, conversation, dialogue, interlocution, passages, talk, word, words), удар (bang, bat, blow, buff, buffet, butt, chop, clash, clump, counter, cut, dint, go off, hit, impact, impingement, jab, jar, keystroke, knock, pass, pelt, percussion, push, shake, shock, shy, smack, smash, strike, stroke, thrust, touch, turn, whack, whiplash, wipe), укор (imputation, objurgation, rebuke, reprehension, reprimand, reproach, reproof, snub), бъбря (burble, chatter, prate, prattle, talk, tittle tattle, yarn). (various references)

   

Chinese 

  

随机存取程序, 敲擊 (pound), 巡迴分析端口 (Roving Analysis Port). (various references)

   

Czech

  

rána (bang, bash, biff, blow, bounce, clout, hit, knock, report, shock, shot, slap, slash, sock, strike, stroke, swipe, whack, whang, wound), klepnutí, klepnout, klepání (clack, knock, knocking), úder (beat, blow, buffet, bump, chop, coup, dash, hit, percussion, push, shock, stroke, swipe, thrust). (various references)

   

Danish

  

uformel session (rap session), trip (delysid, hallucination, LSD-25, lysergyc acid diethylamide, round trip, round tripping, to rap, to riff, trip, tripping). (various references)

   

Dutch

  

informele sessie (rap session), aankloppen (knock at the door, rap at the door). (various references)

   

Esperanto

  

frapi sur la pordon (knock at the door, rap at the door). (various references)

   

Farsi 

  

تقصیر (Crime, Delinquency, Error, Guilt, Offense), سرزنش سخت , زخم زبان (Brickbat, Diatribe, Rebuke), ضربت تندوسریع زدن , صدای دق الباب . (various references)

   

Finnish

  

koputus (knock), koputtaa (knock). (various references)

   

French

  

rap (rapping), réprouver, réprimande, inculpation, blâmer, causette, claque, cognement, cogner, condamnation, conversation, bavarder, frapper sur, taper, petit coup, petit coups secs, tailler une bavette, tape, donner un coup sec. (various references)

   

German

  

rap (Swiss Federal Research Station for Animal Production of Posieux), klopfen (bang, beat, beating, clap, detonate, hammer, hammering, hit, knock, knocking, palpitate, palpitation, Pat, pink, pound, pulsate, pulsation, strike, tap, tenderize, throb, to detonate, to knock, to palpitate), Geplapper (babble, babbling, chatter, chattiness, jabber, jabbering, patter, prattle). (various references)

   

Greek 

  

κατηγορία (accusation, allegation, category, charge, class, complaint, kind, league), κτύπημα (battery, blow, box, bruise, coup, flick, hit, percussion, strike, stroke, thrust, whop), κτυπώ (bang, buffet, bump, clack, clobber, clout, cudgel, hit, impinge, knock, larrup, maul, shroud, slat, smite, strike, swat, thrash), μορφή (carping, figure, form, look, obloquy, shape), εκστομίζω (utter), ελάχιστο τι (scruple). (various references)

   

Hebrew 

  

לשוחח חפשי, לדפוק (bang, beat, drive on, knock, strike, throb, tick), לטפוח (clap, dub, tap), דפיקה (beat, knock, stroke, tap, tapping). (various references)

   

Hungarian

  

koppintás, fricska (fillip, flick, flip). (various references)

   

Indonesian

  

ketokan (dab, knock, pounding), catuk (a hammer, aspoonful, peck at, rap on). (various references)

   

Italian

  

rimprovero (animadversion, correction, nagging, rebuke, reprimand, reproach, reproof, scolding, taunt, twit, upbraiding), rap (Swiss Federal Research Station for Animal Production of Posieux), scapaccione, colpo (bang, beat, blow, bout, buffet, bump, chop, clap, clout, dab, dash, fit, flap, flick, hit, hitch, hoot, jab, knock, pelt, punch, punishment, putt, shock, shot, slam, slap, sock, splash, stamp, sting, strike, stroke, thump, thwack, whack), colpire (affect, bang, beat, buffet, bump, catch, clout, damage, dazzle, hit, jab, knock, Lam, pelt, poke, pound, punch, run across, shock, shoot, slap, smite, sock, spear, strike, strike down, swat, swipe, thwack), chiacchierare (blab, chat, chatter, gossip, natter, prate, talk, tattle, twaddle, visit), bussata (knock), bussare (knock, knock at, tap), battere (bang, baste, bat, batter, beat, belabor, belabour, chime, clobber, detonate, flail, flap, flog, flutter, fly, hammer, hit, knock, lambaste, maul, mint, outplay, overcome, pound, pulsate, strike, thrash, throb, thwack, tick, whack, whip, win). (various references)

   

Japanese Kanji 

  

ラタン家具 (lacquer, ladder, lap, lap time, laptop, LASH, latch, latex, Latin, Latin America, Latin-American, latitude, lucky, lucky seventh, lucky zone, rack, Rassa, rat, rattan furniture, ruck, rudder, ruffle, rush, rush hour, rush print, Russell, wrap, wrap-around, wraparound skirt, wrapping). (various references)

   

Japanese Katakana 

  

ラップ (lap, wrap). (various references)

   

Korean 

  

후방지역 방호 (Rapped, Rapping). (various references)

   

Manx

  

poltey (clap, clapping, flap, thump), poltal (banging, clap, clapping, explode, thump), polt (bang, blast, blast explosion, clap, concussion, crack, crack sound, detonation, explosion, flap, report, shot, snap, stroke, thump), far-lhieng, crank (knock, tap). (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

apray.(various references)

   

Portuguese

  

vociferar (bark, bluster, snap, thunder, vociferate, yap), usar linguagem rude (dab), trocar pontos de vista (dab), praguejar (curse, cuss, dab, swear), piparote (fillip), ninharia (ace, bauble, dab, falderal, fallal, gewgaw, inch, knick-knack, little, nick-nack, non-essential, nothingness, picayune, straw, trifle, trinket), insignificância (bagatelle, cuss, dab, fillip, insignificance, insignificancy, kickshaw, littleness, minuteness, nonentity, non-essential, nothingness, pittance, trifle, triviality), discutir (agitate, argue, canvass, controvert, debate, deliberate, discourse, discuss, dispute, gainsay, knock off, moot, quarrel, reason, spar, strike off, talk over, traverse, ventilate), coisa sem valor (chaff, dab, punk), coisa mínima (dab, jot), censura (accusation, animadversion, blame, censor, censorship, censure, condemnation, criticism, disapproval, faultfinding, impeachment, lecture, lesson, objurgation, rebuke, reprehension, reproach, reproof, scolding, sermon, set-down, slur, snub, trimming, upbringing, wigging), batida (battue, beat, bob, churn, hit, investigation, knock, research, slam, slap, strike, stroke), bater levemente em, bagatela (bagatelle, dab, doit, falderal, fangle, fillip, gewgaw, inch, kickshaw, knick-knack, nick-nack, nothing, ought, picayune, pin-head, rot, rubbish, straw, toy, trifle, trinket). (various references)

   

Romanian

  

rosti scurt, vorbi pe un ton tãios, lucru fãrã valoare (chaff, fillip, fox-fire, triviality), loviturã uşoarã (dab, flick, flip, tap, touch), lovi uşor (clap, dab, dib, flip), ciocãniturã (hammering, knock), ciocãni (drum, hammer, knock, Peck, peen, pelt, pound), bucãţicã (bit, knob, morsel, mouthful, speckle, whit), bobinã (bobbin, coil, reel, roll, spool), bate (bark, baste, bastinado, bay, beat, beat up, beetle, belabour, best, blow, box, bruise, buffet, burst, chastise, chime, clap, club, cob, contend, cuff, curry, dash, defeat, drive, drub, flail, flicker, flog, go, hit, horse, knock, knock in, lace, larrup, lash, lash into, lick, mint, paddle, palpitate, Pat, patter, peal, pound, pulsate, pulse, range, rattle, ring, shake up, shine, slap, smite, sound, spank, strike, swinge, switch, tan, tap, tew, thrash, throb, thwack, tick, tinkle, toll, wallop, whip, worst). (various references)

   

Russian 

  

стучать (clunk, drum, knock, pink, thump), стук (clatter, clop, con, knock, knocking, patter, pinking, rataplan), ударять рэп, ударять (bang, beat, biff, crump, dub, jab, jounce, knock, slugged, slugging, strike, thump, whang), слегка ударять, ругаться (blackguard, curse, talk billingsgate), резко говорить, резко отвечать, критиковать (animadvert, criticize, satirize, sit in judgement), ответственность (accountability, amenability, liability, onus, responsibility, responsiblity, resposibility), наказание (amercement, castigation, chastisement, discipline, infliction, judgement, judgment, mulct, penalization, penalty, punishment, strafe, toco, what-for), легкий стук (tap), легкий удар (dab, flick, putt), браниться (quarrel, rate). (various references)

   

Serbo-Croatian

  

udariti (bang, bash, bat, beat, belt, bump, clock, clout, conk, drive in, hack, hit, jog, knock, paw, percuss, poke, punch, ram, shock, strike, stub, swipe, wallop, whack), pričati (narrate), lupiti (bang, bump, hit, smite), lak udarac (flick, jog, tap, tip), kucanje (knock, knocking, throb, typing), kazna (castigation, fine, forfeit, penalty, punishment, retribution, scourge), čvrknuti. (various references)

   

Spanish

  

golpe seco (plonk, plunk, snap). (various references)

   

Swedish

  

lätt slag (dab, flick, Pat), knacka (beat the rap, hit, knock, strike, tap). (various references)

   

Thai

  

เสียงเคาะถี่ๆ, เคาะถี่ๆ, พูดโพล่ง, การด่าว่า, ด่าว่า (rail, tick off), จังหวะดนตรีชนิดหนึ่ง. (various references)

   

Turkish

  

metelik (bean, brass farthing, doit, farthing, penny, sou), şiddetle eleştirmek (badmouth, excoriate, reprehend, slate), azarlama (blast, castigation, dressing down, lash, rating, rebuke, reprimand, ribbing, scolding, strafing, upbraiding, vituperation, wigging), beş para, görüşme (bargaining, conference, conversation, debate, discussion, disputation, hearing, intercourse, interview, meeting, negotiation, parley, talk), hafif vuruş (dab, tap, tip), hafifçe vurmak (clap, flick, percuss, tap, tip), çalmak (abstract, adopt, bag, beat, beat out, blow, chime, cop, crib, defalcate, filch, finger, grind, grind out, heist, hijack, hoist, hook, hoot, incline, jangle, jingle, knelt, knock, knock off, lift, make off with, mooch, nobble, peal, pilfer, pinch, play, plunder, render, ring, rustle, scrounge, sneak, snitch, sound, steal, strike, swipe, tend, thieve, toll, twang, verge, verge into, verge on, walk away with, walk off with, whip), mahkum etmek (adjudge, condemn, convict, doom, sentence), zerre (atom, corpuscle, corpuscule, crumb, grain, granule, iota, jot, mite, molecule, monad, mote, particle, Ray, scintilla, shadow, sparklet, speck, tittle, touch, vestige, whit), sert eleştiri (diatribe, flak, pan, slating), suç (blame, caper, crime, criminality, culpability, delict, delinquency, error, fault, felony, guilt, irregularity, job, misdeed, misdemeanor, misdemeanour, offence, offense, sin, transgression, wrong), suçlama (accusal, accusation, accusing, arraignment, blame, blaming, censure, charge, complaint, condemnation, crimination, denunciation, excoriation, impeachment, incrimination, inculpation, indictment, plaint, reproach), tıklatma (knocking, tap, tapping), tıklatmak (rap out, tap), tartışma (altercation, argument, argumentation, bickering, brawl, breeze, broil, bust up, contention, contest, contestation, controversy, cross talk, debate, disagreement, discussion, disputation, dispute, hassle, jangle, moot, parley, quarrel, row, set to, shooting match, spar, sparring, teach-in, wordy warfare, wrangle), tutuklamak (apprehend, arrest, bust, imprison, jail, Nick, pick up, pull in, seize, take into custody, take smb. in charge), kapı çalınması. (various references)

   

Turkmen 

  

tarsuldy, tarsuldamak, tarkyldatmak, tarkyldamak (rattle). (various references)

   

Ukrainian

  

стукати (beat, chatter, clatter, dab, knock, thrash, thresh, thunder, wap), тихий стукіт, вигукувати (cry out, ejaculate, exclaim, outcry, shout), охоплювати (blanket, comprehend, comprise, cover, cut across, encircle, grip, grow on, lap, overtake, overwhelm, prepossess, wrap), захопити (bear away, capture, catch, clinch, collar, cop, take by storm, win), злегка ударяти, легкий удар (dab, flap). (various references)

   

Vietnamese 

  

sự kết tội (accursal, accusation, condemnation, doom), cú đánh nhẹ (flick), cái gõ. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Ancestral Language Translations: Rap

LanguagePeriodTranslations
Latin500 BCE-Modern

RM:Institut federal da perscrutaziun per animals da niz a Posieux. (various references)

Old French900-1400

taper. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Bible Trace: Rap

LanguageDateSourceRevelation Chapter 14, Verse 16
Greek (transliterated)250 BCSeptuagintKai ebalen o kaqhmenoV epi thn nefelhn to drepanon autou epi thn ghn kai eqerisqh h gh
Latin405VulgateEt misit qui sedebat supra nubem falcem suam in terram et messa est terra
Middle English1395WyclifAnd he that sat on the cloude, sente his sikil in to the erthe, and rap the erthe.
Renaissance English1526TyndaleAnd he that sate on the clowde thrust in his sykle on the erth and the erth was reped.
Jacobean English1611King JamesAnd he that sat on the cloud thrust in his sickle on the earth; and the earth was reaped.
Victorian English1833WebsterAnd he that sat on the cloud thrust in his sickle on the earth; and the earth was reaped.
Basic English1964OgdenAnd he who was seated on the cloud sent in his blade on the earth; and the grain of the earth was cut.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Matched Bible Translations: Rap

LanguageRevelation Chapter 14, Verse 16
CebuanoUg ang naglingkod sa ibabaw sa panganud mipalihok sa iyang galab sa ibabaw sa yuta, ug ang yuta gianihan.
CroatianI onaj što sjedi na oblaku baci srp na zemlju i zemlja bi požnjevena.
DanishOg han, som sad på Skyen, lod sin Segl gå over Jorden, og Jorden blev høstet.
DutchEn Die op de wolk zat, zond Zijn sikkel op de aarde, en de aarde werd gemaaid.
FinnishJa pilvellä istuva heitti sirppinsä maan päälle, ja maa tuli leikatuksi.
FrenchEt celui qui était assis sur la nuée jeta sa faucille sur la terre. Et la terre fut moissonnée.
GermanUnd der auf der Wolke saß, schlug mit seiner Sichel an die Erde, und die Erde ward geerntet.
Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hariLalu Dia yang duduk di atas awan itu mengayunkan sabit-Nya ke bumi, maka bumi pun dituai.
Indonesian-Terjemahan LamaLalu orang yang duduk di atas awan itu pun menyembatkan sabitnya ke bumi, lalu bumi itu pun dituailah.
MaoriKatahi tera e noho ra i runga i te kapua ka aki iho i tana toronaihi ki te whenua, a ka kotia te whenua.
NorwegianOg han som satt på skyen, lot sin sigd gå over jorden, og jorden blev høstet.
PortugueseEntão aquele que estava assentado sobre a nuvem meteu a sua foice à terra, e a terra foi ceifada.   
RumanianAtunci Celce wedea pe nor, Wi -a aruncat secerea pe pqmknt. Wi pqmkntul a fost secerat.
ShuarTutai yuranminiam eketu ni machitrijiai Nunká arakman tsupir juukmai.
SwahiliBasi, yule aliyekuwa amekaa juu ya wingu akautupa mundu wake duniani, na mavuno ya dunia yakavunwa.
SwedishDen som satt på skyn högg då till med sin lie på jorden, och jorden blev avbärgad.
UmaNgkai ree tauna to mohura hi lolo limu' toei mpesoe mpu'u-mi are' -na hi dunia' pai' mpepae ihi' dunia'.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Derivations & Misspellings: Rap

Derivations

Words beginning with "rap": rapacious, rapaciously, rapaciousness, rapaciousnesses, rapacities, rapacity, rape, raped, raper, rapers, rapes, rapeseed, rapeseeds, raphae, raphe, raphes, raphia, raphias, raphide, raphides, raphis, rapid, rapider, rapidest, rapidities, rapidity, rapidly, rapidness, rapidnesses, rapids, rapier, rapiered, rapiers, rapine, rapines, raping, rapini, rapinis, rapist, rapists, rapparee, rapparees, rapped, rappee, rappees, rappel, rappeled, rappeling, rappelled, rappelling, rappels. (additional references)

Words ending with "rap": backwrap, bewrap, bootstrap, caltrap, cantrap, claptrap, crap, deathtrap, entrap, enwrap, firetrap, flytrap, frap, giftwrap, inwrap, jockstrap, livetrap, mantrap, mousetrap, prewrap, rattletrap, rattrap, rewrap, riprap, satrap, scrap, strap, trap, unstrap, unwrap, wentletrap, wrap. (additional references)

Words containing "rap": agoraphobe, agoraphobes, agoraphobia, agoraphobias, agoraphobic, agoraphobics, agrapha, agraphia, agraphias, agraphic, allograph, allographic, allographs, allotetraploid, allotetraploidies, allotetraploids, allotetraploidy, anemograph, anemographs, angiocardiographic, angiocardiographies, angiocardiography, angiographic, angiographies, angiography, antipornographic, antipornography, antirape, aortographic, aortographies, aortography, arapaima, arapaimas, aromatherapies, aromatherapist, aromatherapists, aromatherapy, arteriographic, arteriographies, arteriography, astrophotograph, astrophotographer, astrophotographers, astrophotographies, astrophotographs, astrophotography, autobiographer, autobiographers, autobiographic, autobiographical, autobiographically. (additional references)


Misspellings

"Rap" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: arepp, Arop, arpa, Arpi, Arpm, Erap, Krapp, Mrap, Orap, Orapa, Orpa, Qra, raa, ral, ralp, rao, Rapa, rapd, Rapg, raph, rapho, rapi, rapj, rapp, rappo, rappy, raq, ratp, rau, Rav, rawp, rax, rdp, relp, Repb, repp, repr, rewp, rfp, rhap, rhp, Rijp, riph, Rka, roap, rop, Ropp, rp, rpa, rpan, rpg, rph, rpn, rrap, Rrapo, rrip, rrp, rsp, rtp, rup, rupf, rupp. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Rhyming with "Rap"

# of Phoneme MatchesPronunciationWord(s) rhyming with "rap" (pronounced ra"p)
3r a" pcrap, entrap, frap, scrap, strap, trap, unwrap, wrap.
2-a" pcap, chap, clap, flap, gap, hap, lap, map, nap, pap, sap, slap, snap, tap, yap, Zap.

Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

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Anagrams: Rap

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Direct Anagrams: par.

Words within the letters "a-p-r"

-1 letter: ar, pa.

 Words containing the letters "a-p-r"
 

+1 letter: aper, carp, crap, frap, harp, pair, para, pard, pare, park, parr, pars, part, pear, pram, prao, prat, prau, pray, proa, ramp, rape, raps, rapt, rasp, reap, spar, tarp, trap, warp, wrap.

 

+2 letters: apart, apers, apery, aport, apres, apron, apter, arpen, asper, atrip, caper, carpi, carps, copra, cramp, crape, craps, drape, fraps, gaper, gramp, grape, graph, grapy, grasp, harps, harpy, japer, opera, pacer, padre, padri, pager, pairs, paler, paper, parae, paras, parch, pardi, pards, pardy, pared, pareo, parer, pares, pareu, parge, pargo, paris, parka, parks, parle, parol, parrs, parry, parse, parts, party, parve, parvo, pater, paver, pawer, payer, payor, pearl, pears, peart, perea, pilar, polar, praam, prahu, prams, prang, prank, praos, prase, prate, prats, praus, prawn, prays, presa, prima, proas, pruta, purda, pyran, ralph, ramps, raped, raper, rapes, raphe, rapid, rasps, raspy, reaps, recap, remap, repay, sapor, scarp, scrap, sharp, spare, spark, spars, spear, sprag, sprat, spray, strap, supra, taper, tapir, tarps, tramp, traps, trapt, vapor, warps, wraps, wrapt.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Synonyms
3. Crosswords
4. Usage: Modern
5. Usage: Commercial
6. Images: Slideshow
7. Images: Photo Album
8. Images: Digital Art
9. Sounds
10. Quotations: Familiar
11. Quotations: Fiction
12. Quotations: Non-fiction
13. Quotations: Spoken
14. Usage Frequency
15. Expressions
16. Expressions: Internet
17. Translations: Modern
18. Translations: Ancient
19. Bible Trace
20. Abbreviations
21. Acronyms
22. Derivations
23. Rhymes
24. Anagrams
25. Bibliography


  

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